Thieves removed four kilometers of electric cables from the Las Americas Highway over the weekend and left a major portion of the causeway without lighting. This is the second robbery in the last week, according to El Caribe. The first robbery was of 25 large copper ground wires for transformers along the highway. The most recent job left about 100 of the high voltage lights without any electricity and also affected sections of the side roads. A joint effort between EdeEste and Santo Domingo Este municipality provided the highway with plenty of lighting for safe driving from 15 September, but the thieves successfully put an end to that effort. Spokespersons from EdeEste urged the police and armed forces to put all their energies into stopping this type of vandalism.